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Meanwhile, I have done the residual plots for the analysis. These are somewhat technical, but in general terms, these plots indicate whether it is rea...
First plot done. Initially I missed the discrete minus sign before the 100 that changes the sign of the percentage differences, but it is inluded in t...
It does, see above, getting it (and making sure it made sense) was not so simple! It's just an earlier version of the same standard daily energy ...
I now have regression equations that make sense: For OAT = 6°C: > 79.8-(8.29*6)+(0.237*36)[1] 38.592> 91.3-(9.55*6)+(0.2...
This could quickly become complex! The data points are real observed values, each one representing a 24 hour noon to noon period, with the 24 hour ene...
Thank you all for the positive reception and thoughtful comments and questions. To answer them as best I can: I can certainly work out the averag...
At long last! I have now collected and plotted the data for two consecutive springs, 2025 and 2026, using an overnight setback in 2025, but no setback...
There are links to the sources in the post, but note that the data is now rather out of date (it's from Jan 2023 at the latest). No doubt more recent ...
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